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Infant clinics in connection with the maternity departments of
Charing Cross, Westminster, St. George's, Middlesex, and the General
Lying-in Hospitals are held weekly in those institutions, but they do not
come within the maternity and child welfare scheme of the Council, nor
do the clinics at the Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square.
The Council's arrangement with St. George's Hospital for the admission
of cases recommended by the Council's officers remains in force. It is in
operation over the area served by the centres at Pimlico Road and Bessborough
Street. Two cases were admitted under this arrangement in
1926.
Puerperal Fever, Puerperal Pyrexia, and Mortality in Childbirth.—Five
cases of puerperal fever and seven cases of puerperal pyrexia came to the
knowledge of the department during 1926. Two women died from puerperal
fever, and the deaths of four other women were attributable to accidents
of parturition, i.e., pregnancy with meningitis, eclampsia, eclampsia
gravidarum, and prolonged labour. The woman dying from eclampsia
gravidarum was 45 years of age, and this was her eleventh confinement.
Nursing.—Under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme of the
Council arrangements are in force with the three District Nursing Associations,
the Pimlico, Belgravia and Chelsea, the Westminster, and the Metropolitan
Associations, for the nursing of children under five years of age
suffering from various ailments. A flat rate of 1s. 6d. is paid for each
visit made by the Association concerned. The following table shows the
nature of certain conditions for which nursing visits were paid:—

Ophthalmia neonatorum has been notifiable since 1911, and the decline
which was noted last year has been maintained. The percentage of mild
(6026)Q
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